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Julien Cools

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Julien Cools (born 13 February 1947) is a Belgian former footballer who won the Belgian Golden Shoe in 1977 while at Club Brugge. He was discovered as a junior at SK Retie Branddonk of Antwerp and made his name with Beringen FC. He was signed by FC Bruges in 1973 where his reputation for non-stop runner in the midfield made him an international regular. Cools helped FC Bruges to win the Belgian league titles in 1975–76, 76–77 and 77–78 plus the Belgian Cup in 1977. In Europe, Cools was a runner-up in the 1976 U.E.F.A.Cup Final and 1978 European Cup Final, Bruges losing both finals to Liverpool. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Julien Cools is the 2,704th most popular soccer player (up from 2,909th in 2019), the 628th most popular biography from Belgium (up from 637th in 2019) and the 50th most popular Belgian Soccer Player.

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Julien Cools ranks 2,704 out of 21,273. Before him are Rodolfo Volk, Nat Lofthouse, Mohammed Hazzaz, Hans Schwartz, Reinhold Münzenberg, and Oscarino Costa Silva. After him are Yasuharu Kurata, Alain Boghossian, Julio Ricardo Cruz, Masatada Ishii, Phil Brown, and Walter Schachner.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1947, Julien Cools ranks 497. Before him are Lolo Matalasi Moliga, Jeffrey C. Alexander, Bill Richardson, Vladimir Petrov, Homayoun Ershadi, and André Wilms. After him are Peter Cosgrove, Afanasijs Kuzmins, Klaus Dibiasi, Mike Burton, Alexander Tikhonov, and Dave Davies.

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In Belgium

Among people born in Belgium, Julien Cools ranks 628 out of 1,190. Before him are Willem Elsschot (1882), Ulu Grosbard (1929), Gérard Leman (1851), Hadja Lahbib (1970), Willy Vandersteen (1913), and Prosper Poullet (1868). After him are Sylvain Van de Weyer (1802), Gérard Corbiau (1941), Georges Grün (1962), Jules d'Anethan (1803), Gabrielle Petit (1893), and Suzanne Lilar (1901).

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS In Belgium

Among soccer players born in Belgium, Julien Cools ranks 50. Before him are Christian Piot (1947), Lei Clijsters (1956), Ludo Coeck (1955), Marouane Fellaini (1987), Henri De Deken (1907), and Jean Dockx (1941). After him are Georges Grün (1962), Jan Diddens (1906), René Desaeyere (1947), Victor Mees (1927), Jacques Beurlet (1944), and Ferdinand Adams (1903).

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